Individual and Community Preparedness Regional Program Lead

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The Preparedness Regional Program Lead is responsible for the implementation of the Home Fire Campaign, Pillowcase Project, and Community Disaster Education programs across a region.

The Preparedness Division provides appropriate preparedness programming within a community to assist community members to prepare for home fires and other disasters.

This position is responsible for supporting and engaging the members assigned to the preparedness team, which includes:

1. Providing supervision including ensuring assigned volunteers are engaged in preparedness activities by assigning tasks to complete function activities, regular and ongoing communication of opportunities, discussing level of involvement and development, providing timely feedback and coaching;
2. On-boarding volunteers to Disaster Cycle Services and the volunteer's chosen functional area; 3. Providing training as required for the volunteer's functional area in collaboration with the Disaster Workforce Engagement Team; 4. Providing recognition for successful completion of tasks; and in collaboration with Disaster Workforce Engagement Team for yearly region recognition; 5. Providing evaluation of performance in completing assigned tasks and collaborating with Disaster Workforce Engagement Team for yearly evaluation and completion of volunteer's development plan;

This position is responsible for the overall execution of preparedness programming within the Region including: 1. Strategic planning for regional preparedness programs to meet their fiscal year targets; 2. Ensure all program standards and procedures are being followed; 3. Work with volunteer services to recruit volunteers; 4. Work with team to ensure program events and activities are successfully scheduled and staffed appropriately;
5. Consult with regional communications and marketing teams to promote the program and to coordinate other media coverage needs; 6. When possible, coordinate delivery of different preparedness offerings in the same geographic area concurrently to amplify visibility and impact; 7. Work with all Red Cross lines of service to build a robust outreach and community engagement program; 8. Coordinate with local teams to build partnerships with Fire Departments, Schools, Social Service Providers, and other disaster partners as it relates to program delivery; 9. Attend all training webinars, meetings, and workshops, led by the National Headquarters or Divisional team, and complete other required tasks, such as inventory counts, in a timely fashion;
10. Ensure all data is reported according to program parameters; 11. Provide national headquarters with ideas, stories, and lessons learned that could improve the program; 12. Provide documentation for possible lives saved;
13. Coordinate region-wide program administration to ensure that all territories/chapters are equipped to meet goals, adhere to program guidelines, and aware of reporting deadlines and instructions; 14. Facilitate the identification and mentoring of new volunteer leadership